How to start a Graphic designing ?

How to be a Graphic designer ?

As we start to learn about graphic designing only one question strikes on our mind , How to be a graphic designer?

I had also started my journey facing this particular problem. So today in this blog I am going to share my personal experience of becoming a graphic designer. 

lets start with What is Graphic designing?

In simple word we can say that Graphic designing is a method to create a  visual content to convey a particular message to our viewers. It can be simple logo of any company to the complex web page of the website . Different Tpography, Hiearchy, colours are used to convey a message to the viewers. 

It is used by different businesses , agency , institution etc to reach their products to different targeted customers. 

Basics of Graphic design

To start anything its basic must be strong. like that there are some elements and principles that make a complete graphic design .

The Graphic elements are 

1.Line 

2. Shape 

3. colour 

4.Form 

5.Size 

6. Texture 

7.Space 

There are also some principles of graphic designing that help you to create a effective piece of a art .

The principles includes :-

1.Contrast 

2. Balance 

3. Proportion 

4. Repetition 

5. Emphasis 

To learn driving you need some tools like scotter, motorcycle, Car, etc. Same as that to learn graphic designing there are some popular Tools that you can use to create a design . 

1. Abobe Photoshop :- It is a abobe based software that is used for making broucher, flyer , business cards , social media post design, youtube thumbnails and many more . You can explore a lot in this software. You can be a Graphic designer , photo editor , ui/ux designer by using this software. It is a paid software provided by adobe . It is used to make pixel based designs.

2. Abode illustrator :- It is another abobe software popular to create vector arts. Different logos, illustrations ,etc can be created by using this software .

These two are the basic softwares thaat you should learn at first to start your career as a grahic designer.  You can further learn Adobe indesign, Coreldraw , Affinity designer ,Sketch to learn about graphic designing .

Jobs that you can get after learning Graphic designing 

There are many categories of jobs that you can get after learning Graphic designing . You can be a  freelancer. You can apply for job in any institue as a graphic designer . The common jobs titles are :-

1. Graphic designer 

2. UI/UX designer 

3.Web designer 

Best places to learn Graphic designing

To learn a Graphic designing you must need a best mentor that guides you in each and every path. You needn't to join any colleges and persue any degree to become a Graphic designer . You can simply learn it online from your home . 

If you can afford a little money you can buy paid course from Udemy and Skill share to learn Grpahic designing. If you are like me who cannot afford money to pay for this courses the best alternatives to learn graphic designing free of cost is youtube . 

Youtube is a best place to learn Graphic designing free of cost without any charge but you must need full dedication and patience to learn Graphic designing . You must practice daily to become a professional Graphic designer. 

The best youtubes channel to learn Graphic designing for free are :-

1. GFX MENTOR  click here

2. PIXIMPERFECTclick here

3. NIKHIL PAWARclick here

4. PIXIVU click here

5. RAJEEV METHA click here

6. YES I AM DESIGNER click here

7. SATORI GRAPHICS click here

Theses aren't only the youtube channels from where you can learn Graphic designing there are many more youtube channels from where you can learn Graphic designing and Increase you knowledge.

You can be a great Graphic designer just you need is a dedication, a lot of practice and patience towards your work .